My story

Stanislava is a wife and mother of 7 children. She got healed from an aggressive form of thyroid cancer. She is ministering in the Face to face community as an intercessor in healing prayers.

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

In several occasions I felt God’s hand leading me, especially when I needed to be saved.

As a young wife and mother of two sons I lived my faith like an obligation, just like something I had to do because of my habits. Then God also gave me a daughter and my heart melted because of His goodness.

In the eyes of that little girl I recognized God’s love and how He was calling me.

It was the year 2000, a great Jubilee for the Church. Within the frame of reevangelization of the baptized I took place in a course called “Philip”. It brought a great change to my life. So I decided to forget about habits and obligations and I allowed God becoming the most important thing in my heart.

Two years later our fourth child was born. At the age of 6 weeks he got his first asthma crisis and pneumonia. He almost died. Since then, asthma became a big cause of fear for us all and an integral part of our life.

I was continuously close to my son, day and night. I was continuously monitoring his breathing. When he was 9 months old, the doctor diagnosed him coeliac disease. A couple of months later God healed him. Actually, back then, God didn’t save just my son, but also two more people from my broader family who were affected by alcohol and drug addiction.

It was in 1999. Beginning of June. In my family we were starting celebration of the 2000 Jubilee. We entered a family fellowship and the meaning of our life was becoming deeper and deeper. Our focus on God was becoming more and more visible. God made big and little things for us all. He healed children, He changed our marriage life, He blessed our home; so in the midst of this abundant grace we had two more children.

After the birth of our sixth child I started to lose physical and mental strengths. I was always tired. My doctor smiled. He said: “there are people who are always tired because they have got two children. You have got six children…” Nevertheless, I sensed something was not in order. My sensation was confirmed by an old friend, a doctor I went to visit just like that (actually God sent me to her). So I decided to undergo a much deeper medical examination. Everything went on so fast, under God’s direction.

A very careful doctor looked for and found two small thyroid tumours. Then, biopsy followed and, after a couple of days, a terrible phone call which changed my life. I still remember that sentence: “Unfortunately, it is just like we feared. The tumours are malign”. This sentence was the element which divided my life in two parts: before and after. Are you wondering whether I was afraid? Yes. Pain? Yes. Uncertainty? Yes. Rage against God? No. Lack of trust towards God? No. In the past years I saw so many miracles made by God!

Around me there was a loving family, God’s warriors who were praying and fasting for me. There were doctors I trusted a lot. But that night it was just me and God. Actually it took a couple of sleepless nights, kitchen cleaning at 3 o’clock in the morning and tears… Many tears… And from those tears I threw out fear, uncertainty, and pain.

I made interior silence inside me and I was able to tell God: “If it is Your will, take me to your Kingdom. If it is your will, I will live and fight”. My husband heard me and asked me what I was doing still awake in the depth of the night. I answered: “I cleaned up the kitchen”. What a strange answer! “Why?” I was forced to speak out the truth I did not want to reveal: “Because I have cancer and I am afraid of death.”

We cried a lot and we hugged. In that precise moment my healing process began. Fear of being forever separated from my family. Weakness. Uncertainty… All these terrible thoughts were always present in my mind for about a year. After the second therapy session I went to control examination. The doctor said I was incredibly lucky. The previous doctor had managed to discover the tumours in a very early stage. The doctor said he never saw such a situation with regard to this particular type of tumour.

He sent me to the previous doctor to thank him because I was alive! He was surprised that everything went well. Somebody might say it was just chance; but you cannot even imagine how many chances I experienced from the very beginning of this story. I’d rather say: God and His loving hand helped me.

What a wonderful sentence from the doctors: “The situation is under control. You are already in the recovery phase.” I knew I just could not live like before. I used to be a slave of my job and my duties. I thought I was irreplaceable. I didn’t have the right self-esteem. I didn’t care about my body. I thought my body was just a working tool. I considered all things around me as common things, as normal things. When God gave me my second chance, I wanted to change all this.

Every morning I thank God for the new day. Everything is new, as though it was just born… or is it just me?

Nature, its colours, people, relationships, odours. Everything was deeper and more intense. I am happy. God also made another miracle. One and a half year after my last therapy session, I conceived another child. The doctor recommended me abortion.

Some people were saying: “It will kill you! You will have a miscarriage. The baby will not be all right. Your disease will come back. You will be weaker and weaker“. None of these words was true.

A beautiful boy was born. During my pregnancy many people, families and the whole community prayed for me and gave me practical help. It was a fantastic experience. My body passed from illness and death to a new life. Thanks to God’s Goodness. I perceived the birth of our seventh child as the culmination of the healing process that God had started for me.

It was 6 years ago. Now I am healthy and happy. I thank God for the gift of life. I thank God for all those who prayed for me, for their practical help, encouragement, etc. Thank you. Thanks to all this, during my suffering a new life was being born, a life full of freedom and joy.

Thank you, Lord, because I can sing:

„“God is fighting for us. He already triumphed. He is on my side. Yes, he triumphed. I won’t tremble anymore. I don’t allow anyone taking anything from me. Jesus, You are here. I will live and I won’t die. I am living in Christ’s resurrection. I am alive and free in Jesus’ name. I will live and I won’t die. I glorify You above anything else. I am free. I am healed in Jesus’ name. God is fighting for us. He tears away all darkness. He establishes His government. He puts light in the darkness. In Jesus’ powerful name the devil is defeated and I declare it! I cry it out!“